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Lake Orion, MI vs Franklin, TN

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- Franklin spends 12.0% less per student than Lake Orion.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.3% lower in Franklin than in Lake Orion. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Franklin had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Orion
 Lake Orion, MIFranklin, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,371$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,635$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3994573
 Students per Counselor537  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Orion    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Lake Orion, like many Michigan cities has a lot of beauty to it, obviously including the lakes, which there are several big and many small. I grew up here and if I  More

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We moved here from Ky 2 years ago. I absolutely love it, and outside of a job transfer, will never leave. The schools are exceptional, some of the highest test scores in  More

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Over 18 years ago

We moved to Lake Orion three years ago from California and have been really pleased with this area. The people are very friendly and have embraced us well. Lake Orion is  More

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Reviews for Franklin    27 Reviews

After visiting here for a week in the summer, I fell in love with the city! Lots of my friends in Florida already moved here from New Port Richey and Wesley Chapel. I  More

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I've lived in Tennessee all my life. I have lived in west,east and middle Tennessee. By far this is the best place I have lived. We have been in Franklin for 8 years. It  More

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I love that this is a greatly diverse community with a large African American and Hispanic community around West Main St./Nachez (I'm addicted to Pueblo Real Mexican  More

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